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i5 still not out....
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any eta on this chip, the 920 version ?
Waiting to upgrade from my e5200 to i5, primarily for folding and encoding. I dont need / cant afford i7 and ideally need a quieter cooler, less cores = more efficiency (cooling) = quieter
Why do you think i5 will be a lot cheaper? You'll still need a £200 motherboard for it, and these newer CPUs run hot as hades.
that's what has put me off upgrading tbh, i've gone back to all air cooling and the temps are mental on i7......nowhere near exciting enough to persuade me back to water either.
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What is this i5 920? Are you talking about socket LGA 1156?
Presumably. i5 won't be as expensive due to the lack of the triple channel memory controller and various other culls. Should be out Q4 I think.
why will you need a £200 motherboard, it will be a new socket, and be for the lower end.
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Yeah for sure LGA1156 boards will be a hell of a lot cheaper than the LGA1366. What is meant by the 920 version? As far as I'm aware none of the LGA1156 chips have model numbers yet.
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These will be 32nm as well and with or without a 45nm graphics core on the cpu package, you can see one running here http://www.siliconmadness.com/2009/02/intel-shows-32nm-clarkdale-samples.html
This platform will be more expensive then core2, the performance will be inbeween core2 and i7. If AMD cant compete with it on performance, then it will be a lot more expensive then it should be.
Core2/Ph2 seem to be the sweet spot for current games, i cant see i5 having any real advantage. People can just skip it for i7 if they want quicker then core2 for extreme multi gpu setups.
Core2/Ph2 seem to be the sweet spot for current games, i cant see i5 having any real advantage. People can just skip it for i7 if they want quicker then core2 for extreme multi gpu setups.
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Whats makes you say that? it will depend if DDR3 can hit price parity with DDR2. I think it will initially be more expensive due to the ram then take over during Q1 2010.
The motherboards for i5 should be cheaper considering there is only 1 chip comprising north & south bridges. Hopefully we will also see single PCI-E 2.0 lane boards for the average PC. Also as SATA 3 wont be on these boards, the price should be even lower, assuming all the major brands put out multiple motherboards for the i5, it should make the market more competitive than i7 and keep the costs to a minimum.
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Well they will be replacing 775 slowly but surely. The only thing that is un certain is how quick the transition will be. After Q3 2009 Intel don't have any new 775 boards on thier roadmap.
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Jurys still out if its gonna be more greener then the core i7s I thought ?
Hopefully is a lot more cheaper mind u its like people say by the time there out Core i7s will be cheaper and more in demand/stock then ever.
Hopefully is a lot more cheaper mind u its like people say by the time there out Core i7s will be cheaper and more in demand/stock then ever.
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Thats actually what the 1156 product will be the i7 stays at the top end.
